Combined pouring and sifting container



Aug. 6, 1935. w. F. PUNTE COMBINED POURING AND SIP-TING CONTAINER Filed Feb. 9, 1934 JJJO JZJ I Patented Aug. 6, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINED rouamo. AND SIFTING CONTAINER Willian F. Punte, Syracuse, N. Y., assignor to Continental Can Company, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application February 9, 1934, Serial No. 710,559

1 Claim. (Cl. ear-64) The invention relates to new and useful improvements in a combined pouring and sifting container for condiments, such as spices and the like.

-An object of the invention is to provide a con tainer having an opening in one of the ends thereof with which is associated a rotary closure disk having a pouring opening and sifter openings, which closure diskis also provided with a spout disposed so that when the pouring opening is uncovered the spout will project over the side seam of the container for directing the contents passing through said pouring opening over and away from said end. seam. 1

In the drawing:

. I I Fig. 1 is a plan view of the container embodying the improvements.

Fig. 2 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section through the upper portion of the container. a

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the container with the closure disk positioned for sifting. I

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing the closure disk positioned for closing all of the openings and placing said spout so that it is housed beneath the extreme outer edge of the double seam.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

The container embodying the invention includes a body portion which is preferably rectangular in cross section with rounded corners.

There is a closure end secured to the body por-" opening through this bottom wall of the depression and pivotally mounted on the outer face of said bottom wall is a closure plate having an opening adapted to be brought into register with the opening in said bottom wall. The closure 'plate is also provided with sitter openings lo- .cated at each side of the pouring opening and there is a spout attached to the closure plate in the region of the pouring opening and this spout projects upwardly and outwardly from the plate. The bottom wall of the depression is so inclined and the spout so formed that when the pouring openings are freed, said spout projects upwardly over the end seam so as to discharge the contents over and away from the end seam.

On the other hand, when the openings are all closed, the extreme outer end of the spout lies beneath the plane containing the extreme upper end of the end seam.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the container embodying the improvements, includes a body portion I, to which a lower end closure is secured by a double seam 2. An upper end closure 3 is likewise secured to said body portion I by a double seam 4. The'end closure 3 is inset the height of the double seam. Said end closure 3 is provided with a depression forming a bottom wall 5 and side walls=-6. The sidewalls are preferably conical. The bottom wall 5 of the depression inclines fromthe point l upwardly to/the point 8 and the point 8 is adjacent the end seam tat one side' of the container. This end wall substantially vanishes into outer edge of the circular bottom wall of the depressicn. The side edges of the opening 9 are preferably radial of the bottom wall of the depression.

Mounted on this bottom wall of the depression is a closure disk In. The closure disk It! is circular in outline and is provided with a central opening I l. The bottom wall of the depression is provided with struck-up lugs l2, I2, which extend up through this opening II and are folded down onto the outer face of the closure disk. This serves as a means for supporting said closure disk so that it may be rotated about the center of the bottom wall of the depression. Said closure disk is provided'with an opening l3 which conforms in shape and size to the pouring opening 9 in the bottom wall of the depression. The closure disk is also provided with a series of small openings II at one side of the opening l3 and a series of small openings I 5 at the other side thereof. These openings l4 and I5 are so disposed that one or the other thereof may be brought into register with the pouring opening 9. When the opening I3 is in register with theopening 9, the contents of the opening may be poured or dredged through the two openings and when either the openings 14 or l5 are in alignment with the opening 9, then the contents may be sifted through these openings.

In Figure 1 of the drawing, the openings 9 and I3 are in register and the closure plate is set for dredging. In Figure 3 of the drawing, the'openings l5 are in alignment with the opening 9 and the closure disk is set for sifting through said openings. In Figure 4 the closure opening is shown as turned to a position wherein the openings l3, I4 and I5 are out of register with the opening 9 and the opening 9 is closed by this closure disk It.

The closure disk I!) has a spout [6 formed integral therewith. The spout is located in the region of the opening l3 and extends a slight distance beyond both sides of the opening. The center of the spout is on a line passing centrally through this opening iii. The spout inclines upwardly and outwardly at the center thereof and the side walls of the spout are curved so as to vanish into the plate at the peripheral edge thereof. When the closure disk is positioned so that the openings 9 and I3 are in register, then the spout is positioned so that it overhangs the double seam 4 and the extreme upper end of the spout is substantially on a line with the outer surface of the double seam. In this set position, the contents of the container passing through the openings into the spout,- will be directed over and away from the double seam. This makes a very free pouring device for the container.

When the closure opening is turned to the position shown in full lines in Fig. '4 and in broken lines in Fig. 2, the spout is lowered so that the extreme upper edge thereof lies slightly below the plane containing the extreme upper edge of the double seam. This protects the spout and enables the containers to be stored one upon the other for'handling or shipment if desired;

The side walls 6 of the depression are conical in shape so as to conform to the shaping of the spout. Furthermore, when this wall is thus shaped, the contents during dredging will not lodge on the wall 6 but will pass off from the same and into a position to pass out through the openings. Inasmuch as; the bottom wall of the depression vsubstantially merges into the closure end 3 at the outer edge of the opening 9, there is no trapping of the contents of the container and substantially all of the contents may be dredged or sifted therefrom. v

'It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A combined pouring and sifting container comprising a body portion and closure ends seamed thereto, one of said ends having a conical depression formed therein adjacent a portion of the end seam with the bottom wall of said depression inclining upwardly toward said seam and with the extreme upper portion of said bottomwall substantially merging into the end closure, a discharge opening formed in the bottom wall of said depression at the side thereof adjacent the e d seam, a disk-shaped closure plate of substantia ly the same diameter as the bottom wall of said depression contacting with the outer face thereof, said closure plate having a pouring opening therethrough and sifter openings at each side of said pouring opening which may be brought into register with the pouring opening in the bottom wall, a spout formed integral with said closure plate in the region of the pouring opening, said spout being shaped to conform to the' closure.

WILLIAM F. PUN'IE. 

